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Maggie Struckmeier of Past Horizons on volunteer archaeology and online media
Maggie Struckmeier of Past Horizons talks about inspiring regular people to volunteer with archaeological excavations using a variety of online media.
Preservation Today: Past Horizons Magazine, Heritage Travel Community, Smithsonian 2.0
Past Horizons Magazine now published; U.S. National Trust launches social network, Facebook marketplace page
Smithsonian holds “2.0 conference”; UNESCO looking for site evaluators for Peru heritage sites; Obama administration unveils new Whitehouse.gov site; Preservation Today starts “Friendfeed” room for heritage discussions.
Preserving Our Global Heritage through Volunteer Archeology
by Dylan Staley
Past Horizons is a service that seeks to aggregate many different archeological opportunities for people of all skill ranges to get involved with the field of archeology and heritage preservation. The website is host to countless descriptions of projects going on around the globe. It’s not limited to the United States or The United Kingdom; its project listing includes projects from Belgium, Romania, Tunisia, Bulgaria, and numerous other countries (around sixty-five in all!)
Heritage DIY: Create and Preserve your Family Tree the Web 2.0 Way
By Dylan Staley
Geni is a web based family tree maker that is using the idea of Web 2.0 and collaboration to make finding your long lost relatives easier. Geni, built by some of the people that brought you PayPal, eGroups, eBay, and Tribe, allows you to work with your family members on building your family tree. So, you may not know your second great grandmother’s husband’s name, but your grandmother’s sister may know, and Geni provides the platform to allow this knowledge to travel the great distances that often separate families.
Voluntourism and More Meaningful Vacations – Volunteer your Vacation Time to Preserve Natural Heritage
by Dylan Staley
Everyday, all around the nation, families are taking vacations not to relax, but to help and volunteer their services to help preserve nature. Through partnerships with many organizations such as The Ocean Conservancy, The Nature Conservancy, The National Park Service, The Association of Zoos and Aquariums and The Surfrider Foundation, families can donate their vacation time to serve a better purpose: to help take care of the world we live in.
Real-time updates of heritage news
Cultural Heritage Roundup: Mardi Gras Shipwreck, Shakespeare on pottery, and another National Register property is lost to fire
March 11, 2009 by Rachel Ribando Gros
Filed under Blog
A cottage built by architect Jeremiah Allen was destroyed by fire March 7 on Block Island, a mystery shipwreck discovered about 35 miles from Louisiana’s coast revealed many artifacts, and a piece of pottery with the possible face of Shakespeare was discovered in Shoreditch near Shakespeare’s first theater.
Mapping the Trail of Tears in Illinois, Yakima buildings endangered, and MySurveyLA launches
March 11, 2009 by Rachel Ribando Gros
Filed under Blog
WSIU hosts community events regarding Native American culture in Southern Illinois, preservationists lose the battle to save historic buildings, and Survey LA hosts MYSurveyLA for the identification of historic places in Los Angeles.
